Msgr Moroney's Blog: Rector's Conference on Joy

17 September 2017

Rector's Conference on Joy

My September Rector's Conference was on the importance of joy. As Pope Francis tells us in his Encyclical letter Evangelium Gaudium, "with Christ, joy is ever born anew!" Here is a video of the Keynote presentation.

Rector's Conference on Joy from James P Moroney on Vimeo.

Monsignor James P. Moroney, a priest of the Diocese of Worcester for forty four years, is Pastor of Saint Cecilia Parish in Leominster. He served for many years as Executive Director of the USCCB Secretariat for Divine Worship in Washington D.C., as Rector of Saint John's Seminary in Boston, and as Pastor of Mary Queen of the Rosary Parish in Spencer and as Rector of Saint Paul's Cathedral in Worcester. Pope Saint John Paul II and Pope Benedict both appointed him as a Consultor to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome and as Executive Director of the Vox Clara Committee. He is author of THE MASS EXPLAINED (Catholic Book Publishing) which is being published in its third edition this Spring.